Next HIV plan needs to be based on latest evidence
We are on the brink of getting a new National Strategic Plan (NSP) for HIV, TB and STIs, and it is vital that the new plan avoids the mistakes of the past
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Transgender may be removed as mental disorder
The process of getting transgender declassified as a mental disorder took its first steps with a study conducted in Mexico City.
AIDS-free baby girls face infection in their teens
The odds are stacked against young women, making them continually at risk of HIV as long as society is dominated by men and relationships between young girls and older men are the norm.
Glimmers of hope and sobering setbacks
The more knowledge we accumulate about HIV, the trickier the virus appears to be. And despite sophisticated ARVs, people are tired of taking their pills.
HIV testing Campaigns are still missing the men
If we don’t get more heterosexual men to test for HIV, the world is going to miss the UNAIDS target of 90 percent of HIV positive people knowing their status by 2020, according to experts.
Growing problem of HIV and hypertension
Three-quarters of people on antiretroviral treatment at a clinic in Khayelitsha were also being treated for hypertension.
AIDS funding has ‘dwindled to nothing in Zim’
Martha Tholanah last drew a salary almost a year ago, but the Zimbabwean activist has not stopped working to advance human rights in her country despite a lack of funds.
Sex workers unite against police
Sex workers find a way past the everyday violence and abuse they experience at the hands of law enforcement – by becoming activists.
Need double the efficiency, says Gates
If we are going to treat twice as many people with HIV, we need to double our efficiency because we’re not going to get double the money, warned billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates.
HIV won’t stop without gay community – Elton John
Sir Elton John believes that the spread of HIV will not be curbed unless everyone is drawn into the battle – gay and lesbian groups included.
Roche ‘booby-trapped’ for cancer drug price
Women protesting against the high cost of breast cancer medicine draped bras all over pharmaceutical company Roche’s stand at the AIDS 2016 conference.
Study offers new protection to teenagers.
South Africa has the highest HIV infections rate among adolescent new adolescent girls and a new study by the Desmond Tutu HIV Centre is currently testing antiretrovirals to a group of adolescents in a bid to keep them HIV free
Youth demand condoms and sanitary pads
Young people hijacked Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi’s address to the AIDS2016 plenary this morning, demanding that he accept a declaration advocating for condoms and sanitary pads in schools.
SA could find an HIV vaccine in 10 years
South Africa leads the way in HIV vaccine research with a large trial set to begin before the end of the year.
Stigma and shame still shroud HIV
Key populations including sex workers, men who have sex with men and injecting drug users are still marginalised and suffer the “internal nightmare of shame and stigma” despite the strides that have been made in the response to the AIDS epidemic.